The movie mythology of the Magical Negro has been talked about for quite a while now. “The American Society of Magical Negroes” has a wicked good time playing off those images — e.g., ...

As 'The American Society of Magical Negroes' debuts at Sundance, filmmaker Kobi Libii talks tackling racist tropes and sparking internet controversy.

The American Society of Magical Negroes (now streaming on Amazon Prime Video) takes a phrase and concept coined by Spike Lee and turns it into a movie. That sounds like an inspired idea ...

The movie mythology of the Magical Negro has been talked about for quite a while now. “The American Society of Magical Negroes” has a wicked good time playing off those images — e.g., ...

The Magical Negro's job is to befriend and counsel their client through all their issues until they get whatever it is they want. Aren's first guinea pig is Jason (Drew Tarver), ...

Built atop a provocative-sounding title and premise, “The American Society of Magical Negroes” starts and ends quite well. Almost everything in between, alas, proves uneven and mostly lifeless ...

In imagining the Magical Negro trope as an actual occupation in a fictionalized world, filmmaker Kobi Libii aims to critique and deflate the stereotype — with wildly mixed results. In one of the ...

A social media backlash was not the response that writer and director Kobi Libii and his cast expected when the trailer to his debut feature, “The American Society of Magical Negroes,” dropped ...

Media ‘American Society of Magical Negroes’ trailer sparks anger for saying 'White people' are most dangerous animal 'It looks like the Harry Potter for Woke racists,' one account on social ...